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Spring 2018

WHA T ’ S I NS IDE

SPRING CLEANUP 2018

May 26th, 10am-2pm, @ Caswell School

Spring has sprung and it’s time to clean up the neighbourhood!

On Saturday May 26th, from 10am until 2pm, we’ll have a big dumpster in the parking lot at Caswell School, and volunteers

will go around in trucks to pick up trash from the alleys. This is a great opportunity to get to know your neighbours while helping

keep Caswell clean and tidy! Please meet us there with your closed-toed shoes and your truck (or your neighbour’s truck).

BBQ to follow!

Spring Cleanup 2018 ___________ 1

Ashworth Holmes Park

Walk/Run _____________________ 1

AIDS Saskatoon ________________ 4

Community Garden _____________ 5

Art in The Park _________________ 9

Customer Appreciation BBQ ______ 9

August 25, 2018

Start: 8:30 AM

Everyone welcome!

Free entry, first 50 people get FREE t-shirts.

Run or walk around the park.

You choose your distance: anywhere from 1 to 6 laps. The park is 824 meters around (about ½ mile) so 6 laps plus a bit is 5 KM.

Entry is free but we request a donation in the amount of your choice that will be donated to the Canadian Mental Health Association.

ASHWORTH HOLMES PARK WALK RUN

13th Annual Walk / RunAugust 25, 2018

Call 306-931-2999 for more info or stop in at the Medicine Shoppe on 33rd

511A 33rd Street West (across from Mayfair Library)

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President : Justin McGowan ([email protected])

Vice President: Shawn Storrey

Secretary: Jody Cameron

Treasurer: Kelley Moore ([email protected])

Members at Large: Joan Cochrane Jenifer Gedison Brittney Smith Theresa Finn Roman M Todos Daryl Richardson Lenore Swystun Janalyn Mehler Kathy Chase Mike Pirot

Newsletter Coordinator: Joan Cochrane ([email protected])

Rink Coordinator: Dan Brown

Soccer Coordinator: Michael Mackey

Community Garden Coordinator: Brody Thompson

Community School Coordinator (Caswell School): Laureen Sawatsky

City of Saskatoon Community Consultant: Heidi Estrada

When: The second Tuesday of every month (except July and August)

Where: Christ Church Anglican 515 28th Street West Time: 7:00 p.m. *** PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE!!

Meetings usually last about 1 1/2 hours. They are also a great way to meet your neighbours and become involved in your community. Everyone is welcome.

Mailing address P.O. Box 30011, RPO 32 Saskatoon, SK S7L 7M6E-mail address [email protected] address www.caswellhill.ca

Did you know Caswell Hill has a facebook page? Visit Caswell Hill on Facebook now! Like us! We like you!

YOUR CASWELL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE MEMBERS

MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS

Please feel free to contact us by email at

[email protected]

Next Community Meeting

June 12, 2018

STAY INFORMED

The Caswell Hill website is www.caswellhill.ca Stay informed about Caswell Community Associa-tion activities by subscribing!

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provide a hard copy original for us to scan. Newsletters are delivered 3 times yearly to

every household in Caswell Hill.

The newsletter is published three times a year, in January, May and September. The advertising

deadline for the next newsletter is December 1, 2016.

EMAIL: [email protected] for more information or call Joan Cochrane

at 306-931-2999 or 306-934-4881.

Glitch Gifts and Novelties has moved from near the Farmer’s Market in Saskatoon to 33rd St W. The store is a culmin ation of a lifetime of traveling, shopping, seeking out and collecting all things fun and bizarre by Mike Erman, the founding owner of the shop. I have always enjoyed finding the most interesting little shops in the larger cities that I have traveled too and wished that we had something like that at home in Saskatoon. I have made it my goal to create the most fun and interesting shop in town, stocked with high quality, name brand novelty items from tiny hands and unicorn masks by Archie McPhee, to fun socks, mugs and a whole lot of other absurd and interesting items. We also strive to keep the shop all ages appropriate with witty and highbrow humour. Check Glitch out!

SDA Church Name Change

We’re having a party!

To celebrate our renaming, theLiving Hope SDA Church (located on the corner of 29th St. W. and Ave E.) is inviting every-one to come join us on June 2nd for our Grand Opening services, and June 3rd for a free day of fun and food for all. We look forward to seeing you there!


AIDS SASKATOON - 12 YEARS IN CASWELL HILL

Some of us may not know that our province has the highest HIV rates in the country - nearly three times the national average. In 2016, Saskatchewan doctors called on the provincial government to declare a public health state of emergency over our rapidly increasing cases of HIV infection, but funding to help combat the crisis has not increased. This makes the grassroots, front line work of the people at AIDS Saskatoon all the more crucial, and admirable.

It’s been 32 years since AIDS Saskatoon was founded; for the last 12 of those, their home has been at the corner of 33rd St. W. and Avenue F. Jason Mercredi is the Executive Director of the organization. “People don’t have to be HIV positive or HepC positive to access services here,” he says. “We work with anyone at risk, no questions asked.”

One of their key mandates is Harm Reduction, which means reducing the incidents of HIV or Hepatitis C transmission through preventative education,

addictions counseling, providing clean needles and condoms, and the pick-up/disposal of used needles. “We’re actually the smallest needle exchange in the city,” says Jason. “There are four others. We have a 108% return rate on needles, so that means we get more needles back than we give out.” From May to October, when there is no snow on the ground, AIDS Saskatoon does needle patrols, Monday to Friday, throughout the Caswell Hill parks and alleys. During summer, they employ students to walk the Pleasant Hill and Riversdale areas as well, picking up needles.

Evidence shows that supervised injection sites reduce the number of used needles in public places; as well, they prevent overdoses and reduce the spread of infectious diseases. I ask Jason how close we are to getting a safe injection site, like so many other Canadian municipalities have done. “We’re last at the table on that issue to be honest,” he laments. “Us and Manitoba. AIDS Saskatoon is part of a coalition of organizations looking at the potential of a safe injection site. It think it’s something the City and Province are going to have to look at because our HIV rates are so high. And it’s mostly from injection drug use - it’s been that way forever.”

AIDS Saskatoon’s outreach programs run the gamut from helping find affordable housing, to providing in-home family counseling during crisis, to advocation and support in dealing with the courts and hospital systems. “Last year,” says Jason, “we worked with over a thousand families in the city, and 764 individuals - all or our team is mobile and can go out to people’s homes. Our outreach program runs to midnight - that’s why neighbours may see staff coming into our back offices until midnight.”

At the front of the building, facing 33rd St. W, is the 601 Drop-In Centre. Including access to all support services, the 601 offers a friendly and safe space for people to get a cup of coffee, do their laundry, and have lunch. Lunch is provided free from Monday to Friday - some 50 people a day use that program. “The Drop-In Centre supervisor runs the meal program too,” says Jason. “We employ people who access our services to help with

By Jacquie Moore

Jason Mercredi

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COMMUNITY GARDEN

The garden is located in the southeast corner of Ashworth-Holmes Park. Please email [email protected] if you are interested. The cost of a plot is $25 (or free if cost is a barrier). Join us and grow your own food in your neighbourhood.

Facebook: Caswell Community Garden

meal prep, cleanup ... we’re training them for future employment. Eva, who runs that program, came through the program herself - and now she’s on our management team.”

Jason says they haven’t had a violent incident at the 601 in two years. “We’re proud of that because we’re working with marginalized people who have no voice. When somebody’s having a bad day, we may ask them to leave for the day, but we don’t ban them. They need these services. I’m sure some of the guys standing outside smoking look intimidating - they might be big men wearing dark clothing - but they’re big teddy bears if you ask them how their day is going. The reality,” says Jason, “is that they’re using because they’ve dealt with some really horrible situations in their lives.”

We talk about Dr. Gabor Mate, a leading expert in the field of addictions who worked for many years with hardcore addicts in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, and wrote several books on the subject. Dr. Mate believes addictions are a direct result of childhood trauma; in fact, he contends he’s never met an addict who didn’t suffer a huge emotional crisis or loss when they were younger. And his message is that instead of stigmatizing people with addictions, we need to be compassionate to them.

“A lot of our staff, including myself, are in recovery,” says Jason. “And if you would have judged us at our lowest point, we would never be doing as good as we are now. We would not be in the positions we are today.”

He says that he and many of the staff all live in Caswell Hill. “This neighbourhood is a nice mix of families, students, locally owned businesses which I love ... there’s kind of a small-town feel. And Ashworth Holmes park, are you kidding me - that park’s the best!”

As well, Caswell Hill continues to be a good place to provide services for their clients. “I think if people look back a decade ago to when we moved in, there’s a big difference in how safe this community is. We think it’s safer as a result of us being here. By giving people a sense of pride in the community, and a place of their own that they want to be a part of, we feel like we’re helping people re-integrate into the community.”

Comments and suggestions are welcome; please send to [email protected]


Dr. Tim Kendall and Dr. Robert Wilson - Optometrists (306) 244-7464 Suite #302 – 1114 22nd St. West -SGEU Building – across from the Dairy Queen on 22nd Street

Eye Examinations

Contact lenses

Direct Billing to most insurance companies!

Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Wednesday 8:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Saturday (two Sat. a month)

Saskatchewan Health covers: Children’s eye examinations are covered from birth to age 17 Urgent eye care – eye infections, red eye Diagnosed diabetics are covered for eye examinations once per year Visit our website: www.kendallwilsonoptometry.ca


Do you have a personal pharmacist?

You have a personal financial advisor.

You have a personal trainer.

You have a personal doctor.

511A 33rd St. W P: (306) 931-2999

Mayfair Lawn Bowling ClubPancake Breakfast

923 Ave. D North, Ashworth Holmes Park

Monday, May 21

8am - 10am

50/50 draw

Try your skill at bowling

SPONSORED BY

THE MEDICINE SHOPPE on 33rd

Living Hope SDA Church 504 29thSt. W Saskatoon Preview:www.adventistvbx.org

July 30-Aug. 2 & Aug. 4 2018

6:00pm-8:00pm FREE!!!!! Please pre-register by email [email protected]

FREE!

Proud and honoured to be one of Saskatoon’s favourites! With the ‘Award Winning’ success of our last Art in the Park, we’re delighted to bring another fantastic festival to you on Sunday, June 10th, 2018! Please join us from 12 – 5 pm in beautiful Ashworth Holmes Park on Ave. E North & 31st St. West for an amazing afternoon of art!

Art in the Park is a celebration of culture and community where people with diverse interests from of all cultures, all ages, and all walks of life can come together in our unique and vibrant neighbourhood to experience awesome art, fantastic music, and fun for all!

This FREE one-day festival includes an Artist Village, live music, Kids Artsfest, collaborative art-making, food, and more!

Our theme this year is “Branching Out” and we’re excited to explore, expand, and try new things. So if you’ve got an idea, or you’d like to get involved and help make this our best year yet, we invite you to give us a shout at [email protected].

Art in the Park gratefully acknowledges our sponsors, contributors, and media partners confirmed at the time of submission: City of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Lotteries, The Medicine Shoppe on 33rd, Saskatoon Media Group, 98 Cool, CJWW, The Bull, ProPrint, Planet S, SCYAP, Saskatoon Public Library, Children’s Discovery Museum, Frontier College, Museum of Antiquities, Western Development Museum, Caswell Community School, and Caswell Community Association.

EVERYONE WELCOME! FREE ADMISSION!

Art in the Park 17th annual Caswell Arts Festival

Sunday, June 10, 2018 12 pm - 5 pm

Ashworth Holmes Park Ave E North & 31st Street West

www.caswellartsfestival.com Facebook @ArtintheParkYXE

BEST ART SHOW, ART IN THE PARK, RETURNS

ART IN THE PARK 2018 CALL FOR ARTISTS

Best Art Show, Art in the Park, Returns Proud and honoured to be one of Saskatoon’s favourites! With the ‘Award Winning’ success of our last Art in the Park, we’re delighted to bring another fantastic festival to you on Sunday, June 10th, 2018! Please join us from 12 – 5 pm in beautiful Ashworth Holmes Park on Ave. E North & 31st St. West for an amazing afternoon of art! Art in the Park is a celebration of culture and community where people with diverse interests from of all cultures, all ages, and all walks of life can come together in our unique and vibrant neighbourhood to experience awesome art, fantastic music, and fun for all! This FREE one-day festival includes an Artist Village, live music, Kids Artsfest, collaborative art-making, food, and more! Our theme this year is “Branching Out” and we’re excited to explore, expand, and try new things. So if you’ve got an idea, or you’d like to get involved and help make this our best year yet, we invite you to give us a shout at [email protected]. Art in the Park gratefully acknowledges our sponsors, contributors, and media partners confirmed at the time of submission: City of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Lotteries, The Medicine Shoppe on 33rd, Saskatoon Media Group, 98 Cool, CJWW, The Bull, ProPrint, Planet S, SCYAP, Saskatoon Public Library, Children’s Discovery Museum, Frontier College, Museum of Antiquities, Western Development Museum, Caswell Community School, and Caswell Community Association.

EVERYONE WELCOME! Art in the Park 17th annual Caswell Arts Festival Sunday, June 10, 2018 12 pm - 5 pm Ashworth Holmes Park Ave E North & 31st Street West Free Admission www.caswellartsfestival.com Facebook @ArtintheParkYXE

Art in the Park 2018 CALL FOR ARTISTS: Show & sell your artwork! We hope you’ll join us for our 17th festival. We’re looking for Artists, Artisans, and Craftspeople to participate in the annual Caswell arts festival, Art in the Park, on Sunday, June 10, 2018 in Ashworth Holmes Park. Register today for your spot! Please visit our website, caswellartsfestival.com, to register and for further info.

Show & sell your artwork! We hope you’ll join us for our 17th festival. We’re looking for Artists, Artisans, and Craftspeople to participate in the annual Caswell arts festival, Art in the Park, on Sunday, June 10, 2018 in Ashworth Holmes Park. Register today for your spot! Please visit our website, caswellartsfestival.com, to register and for further info.

Annual Customer Appreciation BBQAugust 25, 2018 11 AM to 2 PMThe BBQ is FREE for all our regular customers and for people from the area who have picked up a ticket at The Medicine Shoppe on 33rd prior to the BBQ (you must pick up your ticket before Aug 25 to get a FREE ticket). The BBQ includes a hamburger or hot dog, a drink, a PRIZE! (everyone gets a prize!) and an ice cream ticket that can be redeemed at Back to Coffee Beans on 33rd St W.

The Slightly Off Center Jam Band will be playing again.

Make sure you come out, rain or shine, we will be there!


Visit us at 309-B 33rd Street West306-651-FLAG(3524)

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Podium Banners Feather FlagsStreet Banners Pennant Strings Umbrellas

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Caswell Hill ProgramsFor information about soccer and programs for to the Caswell Hill website www.caswellhill.ca

You can also contact programs at [email protected] or soccer at [email protected]

You will also find information about Cost as a Barrier funding on the website. If you cannot afford a program, there is funding available on a confidential basis for residents of Caswell Hill.

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